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So one of my three year old kids smashed my 65" LED flatscreen with a die-cast model of the Atlantis shuttle. I was fine with this and was not planning on buying a replacement in any haste but my wife keeps complaining. Would prefer at least 65"+ and absolutely not a smart tv. What suggestions do you have, companies to avoid, etc. Help me SN, you are probably my only hope of not just buying another spysung.
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(Score: 2) by requerdanos on Saturday January 20 2018, @08:56PM (2 children)
Not to shoot down your excellent suggestions, but no male geeky-type's wife and children are going to go for "Hey, I know we used to have a regular, decent size TV but I love you so much, I am getting a small one instead" which is what that would amount to. I hererby shoot down your otherwise excellent suggestions.
(Score: 2) by JoeMerchant on Saturday January 20 2018, @10:30PM (1 child)
I totally understand that perspective.... on the other hand, if they don't already have a good sound system backing up that screen with the hole in it, they would probably enjoy movies more on a smaller screen with a good 500W 5.1 sound system.
Now, if you're the regular host for sports viewing parties, then - nah, you'll never live down a downsizing, but this is a pretty geeky site and I haven't heard mention of sports yet.
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(Score: 2) by requerdanos on Saturday January 20 2018, @11:14PM
I watch my streaming shows, movies from whatever source, and sports (mostly via vipbox.[domain-of-the-week]) on a 42" plasma TV (720p) backed by a nice powerful 5.1 sound system (sports normally end up Dolby Pro Logic = left, right,center,rear) and a subwoofer powerful enough to shake the walls/sensitive enough to shut up unless wall shaking is called for.
I agree that the sound system provides more than the size of the screen.
But I don't know any of the TV watchers in my house that would ever go for a smaller screen by a millimeter. The 42" supplanted a 40" 1080p on the strength of its ever-so-slightly larger size. Said 40" is now my main monitor, on which this conversation is now in front of me.